Washington Post Article Rating

The donors shelling out big money in Md.'s critical U.S. Senate race

  • Bias Rating

    Center

  • Reliability

    70% ReliableGood

  • Policy Leaning

    10% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    -5% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

The A.I. bias rating includes policy and politician portrayal leanings based on the author’s tone found in the article using machine learning. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral.

Sentiments

Overall Sentiment

29% Positive

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% : McCormick, like Hogan, received an endorsement from Trump this spring despite clashing with the former president in the past.
25% : Another $5 million from Griffin went to the More Jobs, Less Government super PAC, which supports Tim Sheehy, an antiabortion conservative who is hoping to unseat Democratic incumbent Sen. Jon Tester in Montana and who appeared at a campaign rally with Trump last month.
24% : Duchossois gave $2 million to a PAC affiliated with Americans For Prosperity, a conservative political advocacy organization founded by David and Charles Koch, which has taken a stand against Trump in the past.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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